TV Review – Little Mosque on the Prairie (Season 1) – 3.5 Stars
Why am I not surprised that it took the Canadians to create a sitcom about Western acceptance of Muslims? This show takes a light-hearted look at how a small town reacts when a new Mosque and Imam raise the profile of their small Muslim community. There’s some great character play here: the friendship between the Imam and the Catholic priest from whom the Mosque is rented, the single father fanatic and his Westernised daughter, and the shock-jock DJ and the Afro-Islamic coffee shop owner. Give it a couple of episodes to warm up and you’ll appreciate having your views widened.
